万死一生
wàn​sǐ​yī​shēng

extremely narrow escape

  • created sense approved 万死一生/萬死一生 · wàn​sǐ​yī​shēng · extremely narrow escape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万死一生 / 萬死一生

    wàn​sǐ​yī​shēng

    extremely narrow escape

    Describes a situation where one is in extreme danger and has only a tiny chance of survival; to be very lucky to have escaped death

    wàn​sǐ​yì​shēng

    万 (literal) → 万/萬 · wàn · countless 死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense